Oregon now has a total of 65 people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. The Oregon Health Authority announced 18 new cases of the novel coronavirus as of 10:30 a.m. today, March 17th.
OHA is reporting 18 total new cases in the following counties: Clackamas (4), Linn (5), Marion (1), Multnomah (1) and Washington (7). Of the Linn County cases at the Oregon Veterans’ Home in Lebanon, four were previously reported by Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs in a media released last evening. These results came in after OHA updated its daily count. OHA updates it daily count on the website once a day.
Now that laboratory capacity has expanded in Oregon, test results are coming in electronically to providers, counties and OHA throughout the day. Some counties may release county data sooner than reported on the Oregon Health Authority website, because OHA updates its website once a day.
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